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• How to properly start a fire - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  10-12-2020 23:43
  How to properly start a fire  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Holiday on a budget - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  10-12-2020 23:43
  Holiday on a budget  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Bank of Canada doesn’t see housing bubble but it’s watching out, deputy governor says

  10-12-2020 22:45
  
  TORONTO — A deputy governor of the Bank of Canada says the central bank is monitoring rising housing prices, as it keeps interest rates low to help borrowers cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. “Making sure we’re not creating a bubble is very important here. And so we’re keeping an eye on that,” said Paul Beaudry […]
  
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• Provinces awash in second wave, sharpen focus of vaccine rollout plans

  10-12-2020 20:58
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine came into clearer focus Thursday as Ontario announced it would go ahead with its first immunizations on Tuesday, while high case counts continued to strain the health-care systems in several parts of the country. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the province will begin administering the shots […]
  
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• Ontario Ready to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines

  10-12-2020 19:44
  
  TORONTO, ON – Premier Doug Ford issued the following statement today on the province’s readiness for the delivery and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines: “Ontario is ready to receive COVID-19 vaccines as soon as they are available. Following yesterday’s Health Canada approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, and with the province now having confirmed all necessary security […]
  
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• Premier Ford Brings Hanukkah Greetings

  10-12-2020 19:35
  
  Today, Premier Doug Ford issued the following statement to mark the beginning of Hanukkah: “Tonight at sundown, Jewish families across Ontario and around the world will gather in their homes to light the menorah, beginning the eight-day Festival of Lights. Hanukkah is about miracles and there has been no shortage of them this year. During […]
  
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• GOODWIN, Paul Thomas

  10-12-2020 19:35
  
  It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our most beautiful brother, friend, teacher and lover of life – Paul Goodwin on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at the age of 47, with family by his side. Predeceased by his parents Lawrence and Gabrielle Goodwin. Survived by his siblings: Susan Goodwin, […]
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie X-mas Tree Pick-up! ~ Generously provided by JUSTJUNK - SaultOnline.com

  10-12-2020 19:08
  Sault Ste. Marie X-mas Tree Pick-up! ~ Generously provided by JUSTJUNK  SaultOnline.com
  
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• Landgren cartoon: Pigeon president - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  10-12-2020 18:37
  Landgren cartoon: Pigeon president  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Those from poor neighbourhoods had greatest number of COVID-related ER visits

  10-12-2020 18:34
  
  TORONTO — New data further illustrates COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on the poor. The Canadian Institute for Health Information says residents of Canada’s least affluent neighbourhoods had the greatest number and percentage of COVID-19 hospitalizations and emergency department visits as of Aug. 31. Researchers looked at COVID-19 hospitalizations in Canada excluding Quebec between Jan. 1 and […]
  
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• ROUSSAIN, Penny Rose

  10-12-2020 18:15
  
  It is with heavy hearts that the family announces the passing of another angel Penny. She will no longer be struggling and has joined many loved ones in the stars. Penny passed away peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital, with her family by her side on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at the age of 68. […]
  
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• Tories end filibuster, allow assisted-dying bill to be put to final vote in Commons

  10-12-2020 18:14
  OTTAWA — The Conservatives have ended their filibuster on a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying, allowing it to come to a final vote in the House of Commons later today. The minority Liberal government’s bill is virtually certain to pass, with the support of the Bloc Québécois and the NDP. But […]
  
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• COVID-19, system barriers challenging Indigenous women who own businesses: study

  10-12-2020 17:59
  
  TORONTO — Researchers behind a new study say Canadian businesses owned by Indigenous women have been steadily growing, but that progress is being threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic and other systemic barriers. The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business and Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub say the proportion of businesses owned by Indigenous women and with revenue […]
  
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• Crackdown on land protests in 2020 infringes on liberties, future activism: experts

  10-12-2020 17:40
  
  TORONTO — Months after a group of Haudenosaunee people set up camp on a construction site near Caledonia, Ont., a provincial court granted Haldimand County an order permanently forbidding people from “interfering” with any public road. A lawyer for the county argued that the injunction was the “only remedy” to keep roads open in the […]
  
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• Revised rules for running federal election during pandemic proposed in new bill

  10-12-2020 17:05
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are proposing to spread voting over three days if there’s a federal election during the COVID-19 pandemic. A bill tabled in the House of Commons today would also add nearly two weeks of advance polls in long-term care homes and make it easier to get and deliver mail-in ballots. And […]
  
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• Standring column: Holiday laughter: Lights, camera - no action - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  10-12-2020 16:56
  Standring column: Holiday laughter: Lights, camera - no action  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Brain power: The best foods for brain health - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  10-12-2020 16:53
  Brain power: The best foods for brain health  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Tree-lighting to proceed despite being canceled - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  10-12-2020 16:44
  Tree-lighting to proceed despite being canceled  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• North American stock markets down in early trading, loonie climbs higher

  10-12-2020 15:52
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index fell in early trading as the telecom, industrial and technology sectors led the way lower, while U.S. stock markets also dropped. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 41.08 points at 17,518.78. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 69.27 points at 29,999.54. The S&P 500 index […]
  
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• Budget officer urges smaller, faster stimulus plan amid warning Liberals missing mark

  10-12-2020 15:52
  
  OTTAWA — Parliament’s budget watchdog is taking aim at the federal Liberal government’s new spending plan, saying if the purpose is to help the economy recover from COVID-19, it risks missing the mark. Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux in a report this morning notes the Liberals plan to spend $70 billion to $100 billion over […]
  
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• Dedicated Transportation Plan will connect the North, while supporting economic development and job creation

  10-12-2020 15:45
  
  This morning, Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation, Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade and MPP for Nipissing, and Ross Romano, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities and MPP for Sault Ste. Marie released its Draft Transportation Plan for Northern Ontario Delivering on […]
  
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• Wanted: Lyle Andrew Marshall

  10-12-2020 15:29
  
  Crime Stoppers in partnership with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is seeking tips regarding the whereabouts of Lyle Andrew Marshall, 34, who is wanted for: CC 766(1) SURETY REVOCATION If you know where we can find the Wanted Wednesday individual please call the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service at (705) 949-6300 or if you […]
  
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• Ontario makes changes to liquor rules, allows permanent delivery of alcohol with food

  10-12-2020 14:30
  
  TORONTO — Ontario will allow restaurants to permanently sell alcohol with food takeout and delivery as it makes changes to support the industry through the pandemic. The province announced the change Wednesday night along with other relief measures. Attorney General Doug Downey says the changes are meant to support the sector that has struggled with […]
  
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• Delay in pandemic-related rise in homelessness gives feds time to prevent it: report

  10-12-2020 14:00
  
  OTTAWA — A government-commissioned report says the effect of COVID-19 on the number of homeless people in Canada won’t be felt for three to five years, giving policy-makers a chance to prevent the pandemic from putting people on the street. One reason for the delay is that people in need will first max out government […]
  
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• Update: Edinburgh Street Firearms Investigation

  10-12-2020 13:18
  
  SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – On December 7, 2020 officers with Patrol Services arrested 42-year-old Berni Nadon and 29-year-old Andrew Petts and on December 8, 2020 officers arrested 35-year-old Ashley Biron and 27-year-old Joshua Roess in connection with an incident on Edinburgh Street. On December 7, 2020 at 12:40 p.m. police responded to a call […]
  
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• Landgren cartoon: Barr leaving early - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  10-12-2020 13:00
  Landgren cartoon: Barr leaving early  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Northern Ontario Angels Announces Appointment of New Executive Director

  10-12-2020 12:35
  
  THUNDER BAY, ON – Northern Ontario Angels (NOA) announced today the appointment of Dalton MacFarlane as its new Executive Director, effective January 4, 2021. MacFarlane will succeed current Executive Director, Mary Long-Irwin, who will transition into an international consulting role and continue to cover the Thunder Bay area and other parts of Northwestern Ontario, in […]
  
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• Canada’s $100B recovery spending leaves student loan holders out in the cold

  10-12-2020 12:22
  
  At the end of last month, 28-year-old office administrator Ashley Lees found herself with $2 leftover after paying rent and other bills, including $362 due on her student loan. Lees and thousands of other students and recent graduates in Canada face renewed financial uncertainty after the federal Liberal government did not extend a six-month repayment […]
  
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• Humane Society to benefit from fundraiser

  10-12-2020 12:07
  
  Pawliday Pictures will raise funds for Sault Ste. Marie Humane Society this weekend. Katie Davison is the owner of Northern Bandana Co., she is running the event for two reasons. One to promote her new business and she feels it is important to give back when you can. “Being a dog mom myself. I always […]
  
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• Ontario to issue new COVID-19 projections during afternoon public health briefing

  10-12-2020 10:00
  
  TORONTO — The Ontario government will provide new COVID-19 projections today. The province’s chief medical officer of health said earlier this week that the data will indicate whether lockdowns in Toronto and Peel Region that started two weeks ago are working. The last round of projections showed case rates had plateaued, but hospitals faced increasing […]
  
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• Letter: What mask freedom’ really is - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  10-12-2020 08:53
  Letter: What mask freedom’ really is  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Letter: Let's focus on working together - Opinion - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  10-12-2020 08:53
  Letter: Let's focus on working together - Opinion  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Parents unable to breastfeed should use formula instead of online milk exchange: CPS

  10-12-2020 06:20
  
  TORONTO — The Canadian Paediatric Society is advising parents unable to breastfeed their newborns to stay away from unregulated breast milk sold or shared online. The society says that in most cases, mothers unable to breastfeed their babies should turn to commercial formula instead. Meanwhile, those with hospitalized infants should be allowed priority access to […]
  
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• Sault Ste Marie employment numbers rebounding | CTV News - CTV Toronto

  10-12-2020 01:53
  
  Sault Ste Marie employment numbers rebounding | CTV News  CTV Toronto
  
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• Province Expanding Homegrown Capacity with Made-In-Ontario Respirators and Masks

  10-12-2020 01:27
  
  TORONTO – The Ontario government is investing more than $5 million through the Ontario Together Fund to help three companies create jobs by designing and producing respirators and surgical masks for front line and health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure we are prepared for future challenges. “As our fight against COVID-19 […]
  
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